IronNet Cybersecurity is set to go public through a merger agreement with LGL Systems Acquisition (NYSE: DFNS), a special purpose acquisition company, as part of efforts to pursue growth initiatives and expand its portfolio of cybersecurity offerings. The combined company is estimated to have a pro forma equity value of $1.2 billion upon the transac...
Since its inception in 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA) has continually worked to develop and modernize architecture concepts, systems designs, innovative technologies and emerging capabilities to enable leaders across the space domain to leverage next-generation space capabilities that increase warfighters’ lethality, maneuverability and ...
Stacy Kubieck, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 SDA Forum on March 4th, 2021. The following panelists discussed SDA’s multi-year plan to create cutting edge satellite constellation networks to provide U.S. militar...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Raj Iyer, chief information officer (CIO) for the U.S. Army, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving new information technology (IT) initiatives, introducing advanced modernization priorities and preparing the service branch to compete in the future of digital warfare. This marks Iyer’s first Wash100 Aw...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s investment arm, will collaborate to help 150 research teams transition ideas from laboratories to the technology production phase over the next five years through the Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative, Nextgov reported Thursday. Through EEI, the agency ...
Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said the service plans to further develop deeper relationships with the commercial industry and wants the latter to play a bigger role in its missions, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “If you look at historically what has been...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that Aaron Weis, chief information officer at the Department of the Navy, has been recognized as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for implementing initiatives to update information technology processes and security practices at the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. This marks Weis’ second consecutive Wash100 re...
With the increase of space exploration and defense, space research and technology continues to expand. Spanning across weapons, military and aerospace, space agencies such as NASA and the U.S. Space Force, have worked to develop innovative solutions to support critical space and defense missions. Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations at...
Cubic’s (NYSE: CUB) mission and performance solutions segment has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide airborne pods for the service branch’s P5 Combat Training System at various range facilities located within the continental U.S. The company said Monday it will also supply auxiliary hardware to support military fight...
Suzanne White, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), recently discussed how the Intelligence Community (IC) has spearheaded new efforts to integrate emerging technologies to remain up to speed with the advancing science and technology landscape. During her keynote address at GovConWire’s IC Acquisition and Innovation Forum, Whi...
